GENERAL COMMENTS: All lectures and examinations
will be held in the B-200 Conference Room in Biomed 1.
1. Lectures: Tuesday and Thursday: 1:00
p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
2. Examinations: Three (3) Midterm exams:
Exam 1 = 30%; Exam 2 = 30%; Exam 3 = 20%; Student Presentations = 10%
3. Questions: Exam questions may be
either objective (e.g. multiple choice, matching or true/false), short
answer, essay, or any combination thereof.
4. Dates and times for Examinations:
EXAM #1 September 27, 2007
Thursday 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
EXAM #2 November 6, 2007 Tuesday
1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
EXAM #3 December 20, 2007 Thursday
1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
5. Grading:
90 -
100% A
80 -
89% B
70 -
79% C
The above scale of grades is meant to be a
general guideline. Letter grades may be adjusted to
a lower percentage score, but will not be raised to a higher percentage
score.
6. Text: Reading material will be
supplied by instructors.
7. Laboratories: Specific times will be
arranged with students by instructors.
8.
Seminars: Each student will be responsible for giving a 30-minute
seminar on an endocrine topic to classmates and selected faculty. A double
spaced two-page summary of the presentation with references will be given to
classmates and faculty at least one class period before the presentation.
Revised July 27, 2007
|
Date |
Lecture# |
Lecture |
Instructor |
Room |
|
8/21/07 |
CE01 |
Introduction |
Conaway |
B200 |
|
8/23/07 |
CE02 |
Ion channels in endocrine signal
transduction |
Jennings |
B200 |
|
8/28/07 |
CE03 |
Receptor tyrosine kinases |
Kurten |
B200 |
|
8/30/07 |
CE04 |
Receptor serine kinases |
Gaddy
|
B200
|
|
9/04/07 |
CE05 |
Prostaglandins, leukotrienes and
thromboxanes general principles involved in identifying G-Protein coupled
receptors |
Conaway |
B200 |
|
9/06/07 |
CE06 |
Thyroid hormones |
Conaway |
B200 |
|
9/11/07 |
CE07 |
General principles involved in identifying
G-Protein coupled receptors |
Cornett |
B200 |
|
9/13/07 |
CE08 |
Receptor purification and gene structure |
Cornett |
B200 |
|
9/18/07 |
CE09 |
Receptor induction |
Cornett |
B200 |
|
9/20/07 |
CE10 |
Receptor desensitization |
Jones |
B200 |
|
9/25/07 |
CE11 |
Nuclear receptor superfamily signaling |
MacLeod |
B200 |
|
9/27/07 |
CE12 |
Nuclear receptor signaling/co-regulation |
MacLeod |
B200 |
|
10/02/07 |
|
Exam #1 |
|
252-2 |
|
10/04/07 |
CE13 |
Diabetes/metabolic syndrome |
Bunn |
252-2 |
|
10/9/07 |
CE14 |
Obesity |
Bunn |
B200 |
|
10/11/07 |
CE15 |
Hormonal control of GI function |
Chowdhury |
B200 |
|
10/16/07 |
CE16 |
Microarray design methods |
McGehee |
B200 |
|
10/18/07 |
CE17 |
Microarray analytical methods |
Nagarajan |
B200 |
|
10/23/07 |
CE18 |
Practical microarray analysis |
Nagarajan |
B200 |
|
10/25/07 |
CE19 |
Cytokines-JAK-STAT pathways |
Plotkin |
B200 |
|
10/30/07 |
CE20 |
Endocrine control of calcium metabolism |
Jilka |
B200 |
|
11/01/07 |
CE21 |
Erythropoietin and its role of
erythropoiesis |
Soulsby |
B200 |
|
11/06/07 |
|
Exam #2 |
|
252-2 |
|
11/08/07 |
CE22 |
Hormonal control of male reproduction |
Diekman |
B200 |
|
11/13/07 |
CE23 |
Hormonal regulation of ovarian function |
Gaddy |
B200 |
|
11/15/07 |
CE24 |
Menopause |
Gaddy |
B200 |
|
11/20/07 |
CE25 |
Hormonal regulation of Uterine function |
R. Simmen |
B200 |
|
11/27/07 |
CE26 |
Endocrine Control of Carbohydrate, Protein
and Fat Metabolism I |
Smith |
B200 |
|
11/29/07 |
CE27 |
Endocrine Control of Carbohydrate, Protein
and Fat Metabolism II |
Smith |
B200 |
|
12/04/07 |
CE28 |
Endocrine/Metabolism Integration I |
Conaway |
B200 |
|
12/06/07 |
CE29 |
Endocrine/Metabolism Integration II |
Conaway |
B200 |
|
12/11/07 |
|
Student Presentations |
|
252-2 |
|
12/13/07 |
|
Student Presentations |
|
252-2 |
|
12/20/07 |
|
Exam #3 |
|
252-2 |
|
|
|
|
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